Episode 2: Brian Spurlock

Brian Spurlock on navigating the intersections of religion, queerness, neurodivergence and science.

About Brian

Raised a fundamentalist Christian, Brian Spurlock came to understand their queerness and neurodivergence through a love of science, going on to found a Queer STEM Writing Group. This episode takes a thoughtful look at the intersections and tensions of religion, queerness, neurodivergence and science through the story of a biomedical scientist.

Brian is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States, studying mitochondrial structure and function over the course of cardiac reprogramming and ageing. They participated in the eLife Ambassadors 2022 cohort.